Projects 

in progress

1

Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Emoji in a Whatsapp Corpus in Spanish.

NLP extraction, pragmatic and sociolinguistic analysis of emoji use.
2

Translation and Cultural Adaptation of PANDABox for Hispanic population.

Parent Assisted Neurodevelopmental Assessment for children at risk of Autism. 
A research project conducted at the Carolina Institute of Developmental Disabilities. 
3

Qualitative Analysis of the Heritage Language Student Survey at UNC.

Conducted by the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment UNC.

Background

  • Education:
    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - Medicine. Hospital General de México - Audiology and Otoneurology.              Masters in Creative Writing - Universidad Europea de Madrid. 
    MA in Linguistics - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 
  • Research:  Published research papers in Audiology. Multiple international congress presentations.
  • Teaching: Teaching in the medical field for more than 11 years. Two years as teaching fellow in the Romance Languages Department UNC. 
  • Editing: Panamerican Society of Audiology Bilingual Newsletter ¿Qué PASA? 9 years.
    Abstract translation into Spanish for the International Journal of Audiology, 10 years. 
  • Volunteering:                                                                                                                                                            Spanish academic mentor at UNC correctional education program 2021.
    Content design, advisory and advocacy for the implementation of the National Neonatal Hearing Loss Screening Program in Mexico 2003-2005.
    Content design, advisory and advocacy for a hearing aid distribution program. Fundación Venga y Oiga, 2004-2005. 

Contact

Email

mlopezv@email.unc.edu

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